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I bought this on release and loved it. I wanted to hear excellent guitar work and this is what you get. It does exactly what a David Gilmour solo album should do for me. There’s no Floyd concepts or lyrics. Instead there are great guitar solos and solid songs. It also has great production with Rick Wills’ bass sounding especially good (he went on to join Foreigner). As another reviewer said it depends what kind DG album you want. Me, I want guitar. Fave track: Cry From The Street.

This is the sound of Paul and Linda and their new band letting their hair down and enjoying themselves and why not! At the time, being only about 11 years old, all I heard was C Moon/Hi Hi Hi which my brother and I played to death. The album is an extension of that casual vibe. London Town is more polished but similar in that way and another favourite. Not that it doesn’t take effort to sound this relaxed! Dear Friend is more developed but meanders along in a similar style. Altogether an amazing surprise, I was expecting this to be substandard but sometimes Macca is misunderstood and underappreciated. Linda is also an important factor in the warm sound of this album. Inner sleeve of the vinyl even has the same yellow cover as C Moon. Definitely one of my favourite McCartney albums not because it’s a classic but just because it’s so enjoyable.

I have loved this album since buying it on release. A great mixture of styles and melody proving once again Macca’s genius. Magneto And Titanium Man is blueprint Macca. Still don’t like Crossroads Theme though. Just think of Benny in his hat.

Along with A New World Record this is ELO at the peak of their powers. Furthermore, side 3 is the peak of the peak; the best side for me of any ELO record. They even give some praise to Birmingham Blues; quite a nice track but probably the weakest on the album. I can't think of too many better double albums and it's up there for me with Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Tusk and Beatles' white album.

Just a note to say that only side one is live at the Half Note. The 3 tracks on side two were recorded in a studio. The 2005 cd reissue has 6 more tracks from the same club.

This is Queen reining back the multi-layered production of previous albums and doing something more basic, probably because punk was raging in the UK at the time and they had to adapt. In fact the Sex Pistols were making NMTheBo&^%$@s in the studio next door and Johnny Rotten came in to see Freddie and said to him "Have you succeeded in bringing ballet to the masses yet?" and he replied "We're doing our best, dear.". Priceless. Anyway I bought this aged 16 on release and wasn't disappointed although, like all Queen albums, it has its weak tracks (although I like the previous 3 albums). All of the singles are great but it's the lesser known tracks that raise this above most of their albums for me; All Dead All Dead, a quirky track with an odd beat that works due to a strong tune, Get Down Make Love, a slightly menacing dramatic start to side 2, My Melancholy Blues, a great vocal by Freddie (one of his loveliest) but best of all It's Late. This track at over 6 minutes is in my top 3 Queen tracks. Some great guitar work, a top tune and it just keeps on coming, ramping up the drama. I personally like Sleeping on the Sidewalk, it's very basic but a good tune with, again, some nice guitar. Who Needs You is the worst track, forgettable B side material. Still, a great album, shame they couldn't keep up the quality and this is where I left the Queen story at the time (other than liking some singles) probably to listen to more of that punk and new wave although much later I came to appreciate the next album (Jazz).

Fully agree with the main review. First 3 albums are killer and from then on it’s a steady slide to commercialism with a brief improvement. My personal favourite is the 3rd album Forever Now greatly helped by Todd Rndgren’s superb production. This double has most of the great tracks though I would have swapped some of the later tracks for more tracks from Forever Now for instance the excellent title track plus Fall from the first album and House from Book Of Days, one of only 2 worthwhile tracks on that album for me, the other being Entertain Me which is included.

My UK copy has 30 tracks and includes The Bed’s Too Big Without You and Rehumanize Yourself, the only missing tracks from the review that I’d say were essential. Every great track is here.

Pretty much agree with Bruno. Also odd that review is 4 stars after all those negative comments. Pomp and Circumstance reference especially strange. Obviously not aware of the relevance of Jerusalem to the English.

This was the first Feat album I heard as New Delhi Freight Train was regularly played by DJ Nicky Horne on Capital Radio, London, UK. I backtracked and bought all the previous albums. I liked all of them for many years with the 2nd and 3rd being my favourites. Listening back now to all of them I’m less keen on the last two with LG in the band. The lack of LG influence on this album makes it a tad bland although I do like NDFT still and the title track plus Old Folks Boogie is fun and a great beat. Day At The Dog Races is only for fans of jazz fusion and that’s not me. Many of the others have hints of that too. I’ll stick mainly to the first 4 albums though the 5th has its moments.